Hairbrush with slidable bristle cleaning means attached thereto



Nov. 14, 1950 H. w. FISK 2,529,927

' HAIRBRUSH WITH SLIDABLE BRISTLE CLEANING v MEANS ATTACHED THERETO IFiled May 27, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 7 Inventor L J B 9mm WWW mil/01% 71279022 .Fz'sk a Patented Nov. 14, 1950 HAIRBRUSH WITH SLIDABLE BRISTLYECLEANING MEANS ATTACHED THERETO Howard Wilson Fisk, Juneau, Alaska vApplication May 27, 1946, Serial No. 72,423

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in hairbrushes, and more particularly to a means for cleaning the bristles ofthe brush.

An important object of the present invention is to provide a hair brushincluding a brush head in which the bristles ofthe brush are embeddedtogether with a cleaning plate having openings for sliding inwardly andoutwardl alon the bristles to clean the bristles together with means forlocking the cleaning plate against the underside of the brush head.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter of simple and practical construction, which is neat andattractive in appearance, efficient and reliable in use, relativelyinexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposesfor which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on a line 22 of Figure1.

Figure 3 is a similar view showing the cleaning plate in its bristlecleaning position.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on a line 44 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a top plan view of a modified brush head construction.

Figure 6 is a front elevational view thereof.

Figure '7 is a side elevational View showing the cleaning plate in itsbristle cleaning position.

Figure 8 is a top plan View of a further modification, and

Figure 9 is a side elevational View thereof.

Referring now to the drawings in detail and first with respect to theform of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 4 inclusive, thenumeral 5 designates a brush head preferably constructed of plastic orother suitable material and of a type generally known as militarybrushes.

The back or upper surface of the brush head is formed with alongitudinally extending groove 6, the bottom of the groove adjacent theends thereof having openings 1 extending through the brush head and thebottom of the roove inwardly of the openings 1 also having openings orrecesses 8 therein, the edges of the opening 8 being inclined inwardlyand upwardly as shown more clearly in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings.

The groups or tufts of bristles-9 are embedded in the bottom of the head5 in the Usualknahrier. the bristles also being slidably received inopen'-' ings I0 extending through a cleanin'g platell positioned againstthe underside of the -brushhead 5. I

A pair of lugs l2 extend upwardly from-the cleaning plate ll adjacentthe ends thereof for insertion in the openings 1 of the brush head andto the upper ends of the lugs l2 are pivotally attached hooks l3 whichare likewise slidably received in the openings 1. The beak portion I4 ofthe hook is inclined at an acute angle with respect to the shank portionI5 thereof and shaped to enter the openings or recesses 8 of the brush 8in a manner to lock the cleaning plate I I against the bottom of thebrush head 5.

The rear portion of the beaks [4 of the hooks provide inclined fingerengaging surfaces It; by means of which the hooks may be easily grippedand moved into a raised position as shown by the dotted lines in Figure2 of the drawings, after which the hooks may be depressed to slide thecleaning plate downwardly over the bristles 9 to thus clean thebristles.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figures 5 to '7 inclusive,the brush head is shown at I! having the bristles 18 extendingdownwardly thereof and having a longitudinally extending groove I9 inits upper surface. The cleaning plate is shown at 20 for sliding overthe bristles as heretofore explained and the locking hooks are indicatedat 2| which function in the same manner as heretofore explained withrespect to the form of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 4inclusive. The cleaning plate 20 is provided with a handle 22 whichprojects from one edge thereof, the handle being used for holding thebrush during its use.

In Figures 8 and 9, a circular brushhead 23 is shown having a pluralityof slots 24 extending radially from the center thereof and in which thelocking hooks 25 are received for the cleaning plate 26, the lockinghooks and cleaning plate functioning in the same manner as heretoforeexplained. The cleaning plate 26 is also provided with a radiallyextending handle 21.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of theconstruction, operation and advantages of the device will be quiteapparent to those skilled in the art. A more detailed description isaccordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there are herein shownand described three embodiments of the invention the same aresusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A hair brush including a head having bristles extending from one sidethereof, an apertured cleaning plate slidable on said bristles into andfrom engagement with said head, hooks on said plate slidable endwisethrough said head to guide sliding movement of said plate and havingbeaks for engaging said head on the side opposite said bristles to limitsliding movement of said plate from engagement with said head, saidhooks being pivoted to said plate with pivots thereof spaced from theplate for swinging down against said head into parallel overlyingrelation thereto to hold said plate engaged with said head, said headhaving apertures therein at an angle to the plane of said head forreceiving and frictionally locking said beaks therein to hold said hooksin downswung position. 7

2. A hair brush including a head having bristles extending from one sidethereof, an apertured cleaning plate slidable on said bristles into andfrom engagement with said head, hooks on said plate slidable endwisethrough said head to guide 4 sliding movement of said plate and havingbeaks for engaging said head on the side opposite said bristles to limitsliding movement of said plate from engagement with said head, saidhooks being pivoted to said plate with the pivots thereof spaced fromthe plate for swinging down against said head into parallel overlyingrelation thereto to hold said plate engaged with said head, said platehaving lateral lugs on which said hooks are pivoted, and said headhaving apertures therein in which said hooks are slidably guided and forreceiving said lugs to space said pivots above said head to provide fordownward swinging of said hooks.

HOWARD WILSON FISK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Majewski Oct. 30, 1928

